The Avengers Vault Author: Peter A. David Release Date: February 17, 2015 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Genre(s): Non-Fiction, Superheroes Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon Love the Avengers? Of course you do. Or, rather, you probably do. With Marvel’s epic cinematic universe pretty much omnipresent in pop culture these days you’ve got a lot of […]
“Oh, Killstrike” Pokes Fun at Comics from the 90s
Oh, Killstrike #1 Author: Max Bemis Artist: Logan Faerber Release Date: May 20, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Source: BOOM! Studios DRC Genre(s): Comedy, Satire Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild BOOM! Studios | Comixology A satirical series looking at the state of comics during the 90s while tying in a coming-of-age lesson on growing up and taking responsibility? […]
Dorothy Must Die is the Best Retelling of Oz to Date
Dorothy Must Die Author: Danielle Paige Release Date: April 1st 2014 Publisher: HarperCollins Source: Bookstore Bargain Genre(s): YA, Fantasy, Retellings, Fairytales Spoilers: Mild Rating: ★★★★☆ GoodReads | Amazon Amy Gumm is just a girl from Kansas with a not-so-great life, no friends, and a mom who has given up. Life for her is just something to get through […]
Poltergeist Is A Totally Okay Movie
Poltergeist (2015) Release Date: May 22, 2015 Cast: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements, Jared Harris, Jane Adams, Susan Heyward, Nicholas Braun Director: Gil Kenan Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Ghost House Pictures Distributor: 20th Century Fox Genre(s): Horror Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes […]
I Wish I Had Seen More Of Tomorrowland In “Tomorrowland”
Tomorrowland Release Date: May 22, 2015 Cast: George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key Director: Brad Bird Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Genre: Science-Fiction, Adventure Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Light IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia While not lacking in heart and soul, Tomorrowland was lacking something. Tomorrowland. While […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – May 13, 2015
Dark Horse and Archaia both launched some pretty awesome new series this week. Harrow County blends Southern gothic with fairy tales and horror, while Lantern City has something for the steampunk fans among us. Meanwhile some other favorites are trucking along. Here’s our weekly pull list. What did yours look […]
Harrow County #1 is the Start of a Harrowing Tale
Harrow County #1 Author: Cullen Bunn Artist: Tyler Crook Release Date: May 13, 2015 Publisher: Dark Horse Source: Dark Horse DRC Genre(s): Horror, Southern Gothic, Fantasy Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild Dark Horse Digital | Things From Another World With a good ol’ fashioned country town hanging, Harrow County introduces us to a new southern gothic fairy tale […]
Scarlett Undercover is Smart, Savvy, and Everything Good YA Should Be
Scarlett Undercover Author: Jennifer Latham Release Date: May 19, 2015 Publisher: Little Brown Source: NetGalley Genre(s): Mystery, Detective, YA Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon Scarlett is a Muslim-American teenage detective, and she just got a new case. A teenager jumped to his death off a bridge, but it turns out […]
“Strange Magic” on DVD is Good For a Bit of Fun but Not Much Else
Strange Magic Format: DVD (also available in Digital HD) Release Date: May 19, 2015 Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Maya Rudolph, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina, Elijah Kelly, Meredith Anne Bull, Sam Palladio Director: Gary Rydstrom Studio: Lucasfilm, Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Distributor: Touchstone Home Entertainment Genre(s): Fantasy, Animated, Children’s, Fairy Tale, […]
Wayward Pines is the First Great Genre Series of the Summer
There are a ton of genre series on the horizon this summer but FOX’s Wayward Pines – a ten episode ‘event’ series – is the first out of the gates. The first episode premiered on Thursday but had been available on Hulu for about a week or so prior. Just […]
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